Red Panthers Badminton Club took part in the @UlsterBadminton Ethnic Minority Badminton Programme, made possible thanks to @LottoGoodCauses
funding. The Red Panthers have gone from a social group to welcoming 60 players across six nights every week! #PowerOfSport #GRW24
Alex Norris MP Visits Nerve Centre to Discuss Community Ownership Fund
This Good Relations Week, we welcomed Alex Norris MP, the Minister for Democracy and Local Growth, along with representatives from the community and arts sectors, to discuss the Community Ownership Fund (COF).
The Community Ownership Fund, a UK government initiative, aims to empower local communities by providing the means to take ownership of cherished local assets and amenities at risk of closure. This £150 million fund has been instrumental in supporting various projects across Northern Ireland, helping to preserve and enhance vital community spaces.
During his visit, Mr Norris had the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts from several beneficiaries of the fund, including Nerve Centre and community groups from Derry, Antrim, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and Belfast. They shared their experiences, highlighting the positive impact the funding has had on their local areas and the important difference it has made to their work. Projects ranged from saving historic buildings and repurposing decommissioned PSNI stations, to refurbishing cultural facilities to ensure they remain in community use. These stories showcased the fund’s crucial role in fostering community resilience and pride
Nerve Centre, known for its innovative approach to creative technologies and community engagement, provided an ideal backdrop for these discussions. Its own success story of community-driven initiatives resonated with the themes of the Community Ownership Fund. The Fund is supporting Nerve Centre in repurposing its Magazine Studios building to drive creative and cultural development in the city, in a radically changed post-Covid context.
Mr Norris expressed his admiration for the creativity and dedication demonstrated by Northern Irish communities in utilising the fund. He emphasised the importance of such initiatives in strengthening local ties and preserving cultural heritage, particularly in a region with a rich and complex history.
The event, ‘Rekindling Good Relations between Ebrington PS and Holy Child PS’ took place at Ulster University on Friday 20 September.
Pupils from Ebrington Primary School and Holy Child Primary School came together at Ulster University in Derry~Londonderry this week to take part in a day of interactive maths activities to mark Good Relations Week 2024.
At the Indoor Sports Hall on Ulster University’s Derry~Londonderry campus, the P5 pupils were supported by 32 Primary PGCE students to complete a range of mathematics activities covering topics including measuring, estimating and other interactive number games.
The schools, which have a longstanding shared education partnership, brought the pupils together in the setting of Ulster University Derry~Londonderry for an afternoon of non-conventional learning and teambuilding with their peers in shared education.
Katrina Bradley, Lecturer in Primary Mathematics in the Ulster University School of Education, commented:
“As a teacher myself and former shared education coordinator, I have seen the value of interactive, non-conventional learning practices that take the pupils out of their normal environment to learn alongside their peers at neighbouring schools. It was so refreshing, therefore, to welcome 100 pupils down to Ulster University in Derry~Londonderry for something different. The day was all about fun, through a variety of engaging maths activities, learning from others, and team building in an inclusive and supportive environment. We were more than happy to facilitate this session with the help of our Primary PGCE students, who delivered the activities before heading off on their PGCE placements next week.”
Deborah Armstrong, Shared Education Coordinator at Ebrington Primary School added:
“We had a fantastic day at Ulster University getting to know our friends at Holy Child Primary School and completing maths games and challenges. Though we have had a long-standing shared education partnership, this was the first time the two P5 classes have met so there was a great atmosphere as the pupils got to know each other while solving problems and working together as teams. A big thank you to Ulster University students and their lecturer, Mrs Katrina Bradley for making this a day the children will remember in their shared education memories!!”
There will be something for everyone to enjoy and get involved with. #GRW2024
Find out more at www.yourebrington.com
Saturday 21 September,
The team at In Your Space Circus would be delighted if you could join them for the launch of their exciting new Outdoor Arts, Culture and Environmental PEACEPLUS Project for Children and Young People – “Our Place, Our Planet”.
Dennett Valley Children Investigate: “An OpportUNITY to Share Environment and Space”
Dennett Interchange will Coordinate and offer the P6 and P7s of the two local Primary Schools the opportunity to take part in our Good Relations week event. The Schools will come together and learn about their shared local natural environment.
Dennett Interchange are planning to deliver an environmental education workshop with the Donemana and St Michael’s primary 6 and 7 school children. This will be a shared environmental education workshop, with children getting the opportunity come together and get up close with the local creatures of the Dennett valley.
During the workshop the emphasis will be to create a greater awareness and educate the children about the living organisms that exist under their feet, with a core theme that explains biodiversity loss factors in this area of the country. The link between biodiversity and climate change are now unquestionably linked. Children during the workshop will be involved in practical activity and will get the opportunity of see how changes in their everyday lives and habits can help to combat some of the negative impacts that are adding to climate change and biodiversity loss, for us all. The workshop is split into two main themes; practical action and species identification.
Practical Action: Children will get the opportunity to construct their own Bug Hotel boxes, which they can take home and put in their gardens.
Species Identification: The children will spend 10 minutes identifying the bugs that will use the hotels, 10 minutes, identifying 5 native tree species that the local garden bird use as their sanctuary, and the final 10 minutes will be spent identifying the birds that use the bug hotels as their food source (Their very own little larder/fridge).
Reach Across are planning a Workshop Day that will focus on compiling a draft Good Relations course and workbook, that will be offered to young people in associate schools and youth clubs, preferably on a shared education basis.
Participants will research and propose content for the course and they will also identify assessment criteria and learning outcomes, as required by Open College Network. Participants will also design and agree on a course workbook, that will also be submitted to Open College Network for approval.
Please note, this event is invitation only.
Somme Hall Ulster-Scots Celebration
When: Thurs 19th Sept 24 @ 7pm
Where: Somme Memorial Hall, Newtownstewart
Featuring the Somme Hall tutors Kyle Duddy Bagpipes, Alastair Patterson Drum Majors, Gareth McLees Drumming, Red Hand Defenders Flute Band, Sinclair Memorial Pipe Band & Newtownstewart Highland Dancers.
KVC Creativity will provide Ulster-Scots light refreshments on the night!
Please email draulsterscots.info@gmail.com or call 07904019483 to let us know if you can attend !
Include Youth will host an evening of culture to celebrate diversity in an interactive way, from cooking, arts and crafts to Visual displays. An experience for all your senses.
*Please note this is an invitation only event and is not open to the public*
Sarika Art is conducting and giving opportunity to learn Indian heritage painting to local community. This art technics was used by tribal community in India for more than 1000 years to decorate their own home and neighbourhood places with daily living lifestyle.
We will provide all materials to participates and give step by step guidelines to create their own piece of Warli Art Painting,
All work will be showcase in Gasyard with local community to be privilege to be welcoming all communities in our city. This opportunity allows us to work and showcase our culture to local community through Indian Heritage ART – WARLI Painting.
Through the ART I am sharing the culture and history about Indian Heritage to keep our heritage live for next generation.
This way we create the diversity in our city and giving insight about other culture, art/crafts and believe to respect other community.